Momentum investing involves tracking performance or pricing trends in the market and dynamically over or under-weighting specific sectors or securities based on these trends. Investors seeking to enhance fixed income returns, especially in a rising rate environment, may want to consider factor-based core fixed income solutions. Fixed income ETFs also offer transparency and liquidity otherwise often absent with traditional fixed income offerings.

As part of the Mainstay/New York Life family, IndexIQ plans continued ETF launches in 2017 that will benefit from joint research resources and of course, distribution efforts.